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Jesus Was a Polygamist?

RICHARD ABANES:

You know, for example, you have started off talking about Jesus Christ and how different Mormons believe about Jesus Christ than we do and you mentioned about He is not the way we see Him to Mormons and I thought about how additionally to what you said they also believe that Jesus was actually a polygamist.

The centrality of the atonement in LDS thought—Joseph Smith, the founding prophet, stated that “the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.” (Link)

Was Jesus actually crucified on a cross?—In the original Greek of the New Testament, accounts of Jesus’ death only say he was put to death on “a pole.” Is the belief of most of Christianity on “the cross” actually misguided? (Link)

The garden and the cross—There is evidence that other mainstream Christians considered the atonement to have at least begun in the Garden, being consummated on the cross, which is what the Latter-day Saints have taught for more than 170 years. LDS do place a good deal of emphasis on the Lord’s experience in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Link)

Extent of the atonement—Critics seem to object that the atonement is applicable to all who have ever lived. They want to restrict it to only those who lived after the Savior (“only after Christ’s death” and “for the believer”). (Link)

The atonement as portrayed in Latter-day Saint hymns—Latter-day Saint hymns emphasize the atoning sacrifice of Christ for all people. He is the Savior, who shed His blood for us. This has been the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the beginning, and continues to be so. (Link)

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